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Welcome from DA Heather Adams

Welcome to our virtual newsroom on the CRIMEWATCH Network. This site is designed to build collaboration between criminal justice groups and ...
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Lancaster County DA's Human Trafficking Task Force: 2025 in ...

District Attorney Heather Adams launched the Human Trafficking Task Force four years ago on January 11, recognized across the U.S. as Nation...
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Our Mission

The Lancaster County Office of the District Attorney is dedicated to achieving justice and protecting the safety of our community. We thorou...
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The Role of the District Attorney's Office

Have you ever wondered what the role of the District Attorney’s Office consists of, in addition to prosecuting criminal cases?District Att...
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Lancaster Safety Coalition pictures help convict Salisbury T...

Images from Lancaster Safety Coalition cameras showing a February knife attack helped convict a Salisbury Township man of the stabbing.Judge...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Lancaster Law Enfo...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Lancaster Law Enforcement series, which will begin Monday, January 9, 2023, ...
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Boys and Girls Club and Safety Coalition Among Six Organizat...

Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams has announced that six community-based drug and crimefighting programs in Lancaster County ...
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Lancaster County's C.A.S.E. Provides Multiple Resources in P...

Lancaster County’s C.A.S.E., or Campaign Against Sexual Exploitation, has a mission to engage the Lancaster County community in protecting...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Virtual Victims of...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Victims of Homicide Remembrance Quilt project on this National Day of Rememb...
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National Dog Week: Tresi, Courthouse Companion Dog, Makes A ...

Attending court proceedings can be stressful, especially for witnesses and victims.That’s where Tresi, Lancaster County District Attorneyâ...
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Image for East Lampeter Township man charged with neglecting bleeding dog for seven weeks waives preliminary hearing
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Created Jun 2, 2026 / Updated Jun 8, 2026
An East Lampeter Township man charged with neglecting a dog by letting it bleed for weeks before providing her with veterinary care will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing earlier this week.  Raymond Jay Petersheim, of the 2500 blo...
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Image for Commonwealth secures first-degree murder verdict of city man for shooting man to death following jury trial
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Jun 5, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a city man of shooting a man to death following a four-day trial this week. The jury found Ta’jhon Zephaniah Veal, 22, guilty on Thursday of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide and firearms not to be carried without a l...
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Image for Two workers in different East Hempfield Township nursing homes charged with abusing dementia patients waive preliminary hearings
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Created Jun 2, 2026 / Updated Jun 4, 2026
Two employees at different East Hempfield Township nursing homes charged with physically and verbally abusing dementia patients will have their cases proceed to county court after waiving their preliminary hearings earlier this week.  Antoine J. McLeod, of Lower Windsor T...
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Image for Judge sentences East Earl Township man up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping woman
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Created Jun 1, 2026 / Updated Jun 3, 2026
A judge sentenced an East Earl Township man to four to 10 years in state prison last week after he pleaded guilty earlier this year of raping and sexually assaulting a woman. Judge Dennis Reinaker handed down the sentence to Elliot Matthew Nguyen, 25, on May 27.   Nguyen ...
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Image for Suspect in fatal Manheim Borough shooting found dead in Alabama
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Jun 2, 2026
UPDATE (1:09 p.m., June 2, 2026) This post has been updated to include a picture of Boccia. ORIGINAL POST A York city man wanted for a Manheim Borough shooting that left a woman dead Monday morning was found shot to death last night in what appears to have been a suicide. Mich...
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Image for One killed in Manheim Borough shooting, suspect at large
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Jun 1, 2026
UPDATE (5:10 p.m., June 1, 2026) The deceased victim has been identified as Keshia M. Gonzalez, 37. UPDATE (2:20 p.m., June 1, 2026) Law enforcement has identified Michael Anthony Boccia, 36, as a person of interest in connection to a homicide this morning in Manheim Borough. ...
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Image for East Petersburg man charged with breaking into dozens of vehicles waives preliminary hearing
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Created May 22, 2026 / Updated May 27, 2026
An East Petersburg Borough man charged with stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of items from more than 40 vehicles he broke into will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Logan Anthony Mesteller, of the 2400 block of Franklin Dri...
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Image for West Hempfield Township couple charged with abusing nearly 100 animals waive preliminary hearings
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Created May 19, 2026 / Updated May 26, 2026
A West Hempfield Township couple charged with neglecting nearly 100 animals they kept inside their home will have their cases proceed to county court after waiving their preliminary hearings earlier this month.  Jessica Lynn Drexler, 44, and Andrew S. Culp, 42, waived the...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of Dauphin County man for sexually assaulting girl at Elizabeth Township home following jury trial
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Created May 20, 2026 / Updated May 22, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a Dauphin County man of sexually assaulting a young girl at an Elizabeth Township home years ago following a three-day trial last week. The jury found 31-year-old Kyle Andrew Wiebner, of Lower Swatara Township, guilty on May 15 of aggravated i...
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Image for Lancaster County employee charged with attempting to obstruct federal investigation of Iranian national living in U.S. illegally waives preliminary hearing
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Created May 11, 2026 / Updated May 21, 2026
A clerk specialist in the Lancaster County Prothonotary’s Office   charged with improperly using his position to access and share the personal information of a subject of a federal law enforcement investigation will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his ...
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